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Ex-US NSA backs India’s right to hit back at terror: ‘Modi exercised a great…’
John Bolton said India has the right to self-defence but should first pursue diplomatic options, including pressuring Pakistan for a peaceful resolution.
Updated on May 06, 2025 06:56 AM IST
Trump terminates John Bolton's Secret Service detail shortly after taking office
John Bolton has faced threats from Iran, and there was also an alleged plot to assassinate him in 2021.
Published on Jan 22, 2025 07:52 AM IST
Sumanti Sen
Elon Musk blasts John Bolton for criticising Trump's AG pick Matt Gaetz
The former US ambassador slammed Gaetz as “a person of moral turpitude.”
Published on Nov 16, 2024 07:27 PM IST
Arya Vaishnavi
John Bolton says his former boss Trump ‘doesn’t have the brains’ to be a…
Hitting out at Donald Trump, former national security adviser John Bolton claimed that the ex-US President "hasn't got the brains" to be a dictatorial leader.
Published on Mar 31, 2024 05:40 PM IST
Shweta Kukreti
John Bolton calls on Biden admn to strike Iran directly to ‘send more messages’
During his Friday's interview, John Bolton went on say that the approach chosen by the United States was “just not a significant enough retaliation.”
Published on Feb 03, 2024 07:19 PM IST
Shweta Kukreti
Pompeo compares ex-security advisor John Bolton to Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden is a former US intelligence contractor who revealed in 2013 that US agents from the National Security Agency (NSA) were carrying out widespread surveillance on citizens.
Updated on Jun 23, 2020 04:28 PM IST
Washington | Agence France-Presse | Posted by: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Trump rejected PM Modi’s waiver case on Iran curbs, writes Bolton
Bolton’s book, ‘The Room Where It Happened’, is based on his 16 months as Trump’s third National Security Adviser. The print edition is slated for release Tuesday, but pirated editions were available online over the weekend.
Updated on Jun 22, 2020 11:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Donald Trump accuses John Bolton of breaking the law with his memoir
According to an excerpt of Bolton’s memoir published by the Wall Street Journal, Trump asked China’s leader, Xi Jinping, during the G-20 summit in Japan last year to help him win re-election by buying more US farm products.
Updated on Jun 18, 2020 03:32 PM IST
Bloomberg | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Donald Trump ‘pleaded’ with Xi Jinping to help win 2020 US polls, says John Bolton
Among other bombshell revelations in the book — “Room where it happened” based on Bolton’s 16 months as Trump’s NSA — were reported claims that the US president did not know that the United Kingdom was a nuclear power and that he believed Finland was a part of Russia.
Updated on Jun 18, 2020 06:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Donald Trump ‘pleaded’ with Xi Jinping to help him get reelected: John Bolton
John Bolton’s 577-page book paints an unvarnished portrait of Trump and his administration, amounting to the most vivid, first-person account yet of how Trump conducts himself in office.
Updated on Jun 18, 2020 08:28 AM IST
Washington | Associated Press | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Former adviser John Bolton faces ‘criminal charges’ if book released, says Trump
It would be up to Attorney General William Barr to issue any charges, Donald Trump said. However, he hinted that the matter would end up in court.
Published on Jun 16, 2020 07:10 AM IST
Washington | Associated Press | Posted by Prashasti Singh
Republicans block Democrats on witnesses, set up Trump acquittal on Wednesday
The White House had wanted an earlier vote so the president could have touted being vindicated in his annual state of the union address scheduled for Tuesday. Republican leaders couldn’t deliver, however, because their own senators wanted more time for discussions.
Updated on Feb 02, 2020 06:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
White House moves to bar John Bolton book over ‘top secret’ material
The National Security Council said after preliminary review of the manuscript -- a vetting process applied to any White House employees writing books -- that it contained “significant amounts of classified information.”
Published on Jan 30, 2020 06:51 AM IST
Washington | Agence France-Presse
In new book, Bolton says Trump tied Ukraine aid to Biden probe
The explosive revelation, which was first reported by The New York Times, undercuts the central argument made in the president’s defence by him and his lawyers that $391 million in aid was not conditioned to Ukraine investigating former vice-president Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. And that it was withheld because of concerns about corruption in that country.
Updated on Jan 28, 2020 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
Former NSA Bolton ready to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial
As NSA, Bolton was privy to the president’s efforts to force Ukraine to investigate his political rivals by withholding military aid and a White House meeting.
Updated on Jan 06, 2020 11:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
John Bolton back, ready to ‘speak up again’
Bolton will be closely watched given the circumstances of his departure from the White House in September amid growing differences with Trump on many key national security issues such as Iran, North Korea and Syria.
Updated on Nov 23, 2019 10:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | HT Correspondent
Trump names hostage negotiator his fourth NSA
Trump tweeted Wednesday that he has “worked long & hard” with O’Brien and that “he will do a great job!”
Updated on Sep 18, 2019 10:54 PM IST
WASHINGTON | Yashwant Raj
Donald Trump lists familiar White House faces as possible John Bolton successors
The national security adviser provides advice to the president on defence, security and diplomatic issues. The job, the highest White House position on national security, does not require confirmation by the US Senate.
Updated on Sep 18, 2019 10:38 AM IST
Washington | Reuters
John Bolton a ‘disaster’ on North Korea, ‘out of line’ on Venezuela: Donald Trump
Trump said Bolton had made mistakes, including offending North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un by demanding that he follow a “Libyan model” and hand over all his nuclear weapons.
Updated on Sep 12, 2019 02:22 PM IST
Washington | Reuters
‘Strongly disagreed with him’: US president Donald Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton
Trump tweeted Tuesday that he told Bolton Monday night that his services were no longer needed at the White House. He says Bolton submitted his resignation on Tuesday morning.
Updated on Sep 11, 2019 06:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
Trump calls off secret meeting with Taliban, Afghan leaders after Kabul bombing
The sudden demise of the talks may doom direct US negotiations with the Taliban that held out the prospect of ending 18 years of combat in Afghanistan, making it America’s longest-running war.
Updated on Sep 08, 2019 01:23 PM IST
Washington | Yashwant Raj
White House calls out China’s bullying tactics in South China Sea
President Donald Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton condemned China’s recent escalation of efforts to intimidate other countries out of developing resources in South China Sea.
Updated on Aug 20, 2019 08:22 PM IST
Washington | Agence France-Presse
‘Do not disrupt Bahrain conference’: Bolton warns Iran amid taut Washington-Tehran relations
“Iran has engaged over the past couple of months in a long series of unprovoked and unjustifiable attacks. It would be a big mistake for Iran to continue this kind of behaviour,” Bolton said.
Updated on Jun 25, 2019 08:33 PM IST
Jerusalem | Agence France-Presse
Donald Trump’s unexpected restraint toward Iran keeps diplomacy alive
Officials familiar with the president’s thinking said that Bolton and Pompeo supported air strikes on a limited number of targets involved in the shooting down of the Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk drone. US and Iranian officials continue to dispute whether the drone was in international airspace when it was struck.
Published on Jun 22, 2019 01:55 PM IST
Bloomberg | Nick Wadhams
In UAE, Trump’s adviser accuses Iran of seeking nuclear arms
Trump’s national security adviser said “no reason” for Iran to back out of its nuclear deal with world powers other than to seek atomic weapons.
Updated on May 29, 2019 01:16 PM IST
Abu Dhabi, UAE | Associated Press
Even misinterpretations can trigger a US-Iran war at this juncture
It is likely that one country’s defensive move aimed at deterrence can be interpreted as an offensive move by the other
Published on May 16, 2019 06:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
US deploys carrier strike group, bombers in a warning to Iran
The announcement, which came in a statement from National Security Adviser John Bolton, did not cite specific threats or the provocation and only said it was in response to a “number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings”.
Updated on May 06, 2019 08:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
US deploys carrier, bombers to Middle East to send ‘clear message’ to Iran
It marked the latest in a series of moves by US President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at ratcheting up pressure on Iran in recent months.
Updated on May 07, 2019 10:16 AM IST
Washington | Reuters
US to eliminate Iran oil sanctions waiver for India, 7 others: Report
US President Donald Trump has been clear to his national security team over the last few weeks that he wants the waivers to end, and National Security Adviser John Bolton has been working the issue within the administration.
Updated on Apr 22, 2019 10:14 AM IST
Reuters | Reuters
India, Pakistan came close to firing missiles at each other on February 27
Hindustan Times spoke to a key CCS member, Indian and Pakistani diplomats, office of the US NSA, and intelligence officials to piece together some of the events on the day the fragile and uneasy relationship between the two neighbours almost reached breaking point.
Updated on Mar 23, 2019 07:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Washington | Shishir Gupta, Rezaul H Laskar and Yashwant Raj
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